"This odyssey-spanning 14,000 miles-details China's rich diversity in a narrative jeweled with dazzling descriptions ... A spectacular achievement."--Publisher's Weekly Fluent in Mandarin, Korean, and Uyghur, and with extensive regional travel experience, Jacob Rawson and Colin …
Explores the minority peoples on their skiffs and herders on the steppe. Closely observing daily life in these remote regions, they document the many lifestyles and adventures of the Chinese natives, among them the visit of an old Catholic fisherman at a church that has been wit…
Explores the minority people who dwell in the farthest reaches of China. This title reveals truths about China's hidden minorities and their complex position in Chinese society through discussions, including a debate with Ewenki village cadres on human rights and talks with agei…
Until quite recently, Western scholars have tended to accept the Chinese representation of non-Han groups as marginalized minorities. Dru C. Gladney challenges this simplistic view, arguing instead that the very oppositions of majority and minority, primitive and modern, are his…
